Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-14

the brickwork bebuilt up Of two-inch .
blank seven inchasle laid ilatwise and
nailed together, wlhe floor timbers will
be supported by sta posts with piers be
meath built up frone underlying rock.
The building will lated upon the out
side to protect it frparks from passing
locomotives, and ESTIMATED that l4O,.
600 feet Of mmberO perch Of stone and
100. 900 brick will equircd in It's con
structiun.
The civil enginnf the Connecticut
River company wasown Yesterday look
ing over the grounth a view to sectlr-
ing room for ano track across the
brook, either 10y aind stone arch par
allel with the presenc on the upper side,
or by AN iron birds mentioned above.
The company woule 10 feet Of the Val
lev Mill compnny's hut have not yet
got up to the poiu offering Il suitable
price for il. The1uvement evidently
looks toward a douhack for the Valley
road when, sonnet in the future, the
business grows to dhd it.
THE PROSPEROUS otv1NGs BANK, AND A
WORD OR TWO AasoME ~ fTs OLDEST
DEPOSITS.
The Vermont jgs bank makes IA
| showing IN its fo1 annual statement,
printed in this papd which its officers
/ have right 10 feelud The deposits
| have increased dutthe year and now
amount to the hand, sum Of - O1d, 600
/ The surplus and ra funds have been
. increased by upwar SO, 900, while the
usual dividends havn paid and all the
assets Of the bank hbeen put in better
shape than ever f.. 4 noteworthy
change is in the ana of high class city
and county bondS ch the bank holds
among its securititAhe amount uf these
is now above S191. against S129. 900 a
year ago. In the y there is not Il weak
bond or one on whine interest has been
defaulted Their ar vulue is some $40,
900 above par, andAcnce to the state
ment will show thate than one third Of
the available assrtsse bank is in this
class Of securities. affairs of the old
hank are always inI condition, hut they
have never been SOD and snug as to-day.
After the transactid the usual routine
business and the recon Of the old board
Of officers ON Wcdne' the annual corpo-
ration dinner Wnsa.n at the Brooks
House.
IL is a fact Wortlting that Wcdnes-
day, the day Of thtnual meeting, was
the fortieth anniveis Of the opening II
the bank for busineslt was ON the 18th
of January, lNii, the opening took
place, and larkin tead the elder, be
gan To- receive the lets, which have now
grown 10 be abov4 OO. 900. and 10y far
the largest Of any b in the state The
books show that on opening day 81 az
counts we're enterehe sums deposited
ranging from - too. One of the de
pusits entered that b a. one by Charles
:. Frost, now Of Wcr. Ohio. then lad
Of II years, who put in the bank This
sum he had earned CARRYING the Yer.
mont Phoenix, then Dr. Mr. Ryther's al.
luinistratiun, 10 the Ne subscribers. aud
Mr.. FruSt's account j. oldest one in the
bank which i now T.. " and has lain in
the bank with notln,dded to it except
the interest until this The account i,
numbered - on the U.s. and that $40 ut
Ph~mN money uoWiounts to- SlOj.9l
having doubled IN 30 years almost 3
times. An account eed that day IN tn,
name Of +. Z. Dickin aud numbered :
Is still alive hut add besides the inter
est have been made
Observation-Disclosures
Grand Army hall, well filled Ia
evening at the JOINT allatinn uf officer
Of Sedgwick post undef corps aud Tvle
camp Sons of Netet The exercise.
we're followed hy cnon and dance. al
together cunsiitutmsrry agreeahi, o..
raNiuu Following ans. officers installed
Bond; 5. V. g., Il. G. sui. y. C., y. J.. Hri
rick. Adjt, Chas r. 49,: y VI Tlnnia
Harmon: chaplain. Gen .ll,-.k; surgeon Hen
" Tucker. %. D.. Luk,'rit-r. - O. " &
rr9tt = NJ, H. o. Leon Y. NJ. S-rgt-. job
T. Washbul1l; drlrgat'-t pt rutampnirnt. 5
W Richardson. Chas E+is,-Ss. r Harmon
J0hh :. lhier cumJ. q CAPT " r. Gui
don; r. II. Allen, Isl G,-, r l;Dut. :
Lieut.. Geo. VI. Clay. 20 s.rst. Ben Cool
q NJ; Arthur Howe. cinn; Leon Is Culi,q
cuinr --rgrnt: Julius Lps-rl,t ~ guard: vi
, ,. Barnes principal nnin; Walter Sturgtss
corporal "f giarl: =. c--ter camp guard
Z Henry Strs't.r picket =. + = Thompson {
,. X Jrnne, X l.. Fn~t, u council
Lndies' Reiief C",JS,-siirnt Mrs .Ius
llrrrick 5. Y. Mrs. N II. Putnam. j y. T.
Mrs Empgcnc Cox; Srctr Hrlru Newman
/ treasurer, MrS Eta ttpu: chaplain. MIR
stella ;. Elmer; Con. y arrie button; as
A con, MfN. Hannah Athef Guard. Mr. Emil
Allen; Asst Guard. Mi-i is' 'rag lur.
NATIoNAL HAoFFIcERs.
, The national hnid,eld their annu,
( stockholders meeting Tuesday, whe
officers were elected SLOWS:
fremont NdfipHni po.r " =. Cunc. "
II Rockwell. e. J Amdn u Hnltnn t,,-,
, Duwlry: president. g. :. l.-y: vi,,. ur,-.tl..r
r. W. II. Rockwell. ca-hirs & Avrfill. tall,.
Leslie St-utt.
T. People's Nihonut lin. Parl.y Stnrr
u l.. sherman. T j b Cudh i J Fsf.., \
- llrrrick. : \. Smith. D.NarShall. pr,-si,i,.u
=, j. J. ESt-y. vice pit-siden l. sherman. ,.a.I
i-r. -. \ Marshall. t..llsr ii Bracket